# Fractures at Imerys Perlite
> OSHA SIR `20201211635` · 12/11/2020 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Imerys Perlite
- **Location:** 201 N 18th Street, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was moving a railcar caddy into a building. The employee was pinned between the caddy and an elevated platform, suffering a broken collarbone and ribs.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*